51: Children? We'd rather not have them!

Mo Yingqi only knew that someone was watching him when he left today, but he didn't know that from the moment he stepped into the capital, or even from the moment he left the northern border, the people of Partridge Sky had already been watching him.

Moreover, his whereabouts were initially leaked by his master... Of course, his master had no choice. His senior sister was a madwoman, and going against her would surely not end well for him.

So, between his disciple and himself, Mo Yingqi's master unhesitatingly, unreservedly, and shamelessly... chose to sell out his disciple.

When Mo Yingqi left the northern border, whether he took the land route or the water route, his master helped him plan the fastest route... and then informed his senior sister's subordinates. Partridge Sky had its own communication methods, so he didn't need to worry about the rest.

"Achoo, achoo!"

On the official road leading to the capital, an old man carrying a wooden box and holding a long staff couldn't help but sneeze a few times.

"Heh, it's strange. It's clearly much warmer here than in the northern border, so why am I suddenly sneezing?" The old man rubbed his nose. "Traveling day and night, I finally made it... But the problem is, I, an old man, have never been to the capital!"

The old man pulled out a gilded wedding invitation from his In my arms, and the resentment in his eyes grew even stronger: "My senior sister is also something. As a dignified Duchess, she can send someone to deliver a wedding invitation to me, but she can't send a carriage or something to pick me up? She insists that I, this old man, walk all the way here, sigh..."

"Did senior sister forget? Although I am her junior brother, I entered the sect later, and I'm older than her..."

The old man sighed helplessly again, then found a tree and sat down cross-legged. The moonlight shone brightly on the earth. But even so, an old man traveling day and night like this might encounter danger.

But this one really traveled from the northern border to outside the capital. Yawning, the old man casually placed the wedding invitation on his lap: "I'll sleep for a bit. I'll enter the city tomorrow morning. I'll just say my senior sister is unreliable; I'm almost there, and no one has come to pick me up."

The old man actually leaned against the big tree and fell asleep without caring about anything else. A gentle breeze blew, opening the wedding invitation. Under the bright moonlight, the three characters "Mo Yingqi" on the red paper flashed by... "Ah, my master is here?"

Mo Yingqi, who was eating noodles personally cooked by Luo Yongan, was extremely surprised to hear this news: "No way? My master is such a lazy person..."

"It's true, he should be arriving soon, roughly?" Luo Yongning answered him with a smile. "Originally, my sister and I were going to send someone to pick him up, but grandmother said he had already left, so we could only arrange for people to wait at the city gate. When he arrives, Uncle-Master will stay at the Royal Inn."

This really surprised Mo Yingqi. Although he had a good relationship with his master, the old man's laziness was notorious. His master was the kind of person who would lie down rather than sit, and sit rather than stand.

Although his master taught him everything he knew when he was instructing him, and when he had an accident as a child, his master rushed to save him immediately. But on weekdays, if the old man wanted to drink and Mo Yingqi was home, he would send him to buy it.

If he wasn't home, his master would rather wait for him to return than leave his bed for a single step.

When he left the northern border, his master had said: "If you get married and don't do it in the northern border, don't look for me! At this age, if you don't want to bear the crime of defying your sect, come back and stay for two days after the wedding banquet, and that will count as you, young man, not forgetting your kindness."

Actually, Mo Yingqi hadn't planned to get married initially. At that time, for him, Luo Yongan and Luo Yongning's whereabouts were unknown. His initial hope was to seek revenge, so he left the northern border with his family's ancestral blade and went to the Jiangsu and Zhejiang region.

Mo family ancestors practiced martial arts in the past, excelling in japanese sword techniques – a blend of local swordplay and a type of sword art from the eastern Japanese country.

(Note: I believe all you Daniel Wus know that japanese sword techniques were created by the famous anti-Japanese general Qi Jiguang. Since this is a fictional world, the era doesn't matter; it's just borrowing the setting.)

However, after the Mo family became merchants, they gave up practicing martial arts. The japanese sword in Mo Yingqi's hand was said to have been made from a meteorite that a Mo family ancestor accidentally obtained and had master craftsmen forge at great expense, making it incredibly sharp.

Mo Yingqi had exceptional talent, and his master not only taught him all his skills but also helped Mo Yingqi master the japanese sword techniques passed down by the Mo family.

But after failing to get revenge, Mo Yingqi chose to join the Pacification Bureau, and he thought even less about marriage. After getting married, he had been thinking about how to return to the northern border to inform his master, but he never expected his master to come in person.

"After all, it's his only disciple getting married; it would be unreasonable for Uncle-Master not to come." Luo Yongan gently pushed the prepared exquisite side dishes towards Mo Yingqi while gazing at him tenderly. "Yingqi, next time you go out, tell Yongning, okay? Don't make us worry again."

"Exactly, otherwise my sister and I wouldn't have arranged for people to follow you." Luo Yongning nodded in agreement. "You've been in the capital for a year now; you should know how deep the waters are here. My sister and I have already had someone write to His Majesty about this incident, and he will handle it properly so you won't be frightened for nothing."

"Actually, I wasn't really scared..." Being told this by the two of them, Mo Yingqi felt a bit embarrassed instead. "Before, when I was in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang region, never mind, it's nothing... I apologize, Sister Yongan, Sister Yongning, this time I was inconsiderate."

Ying Hong secretly rolled her eyes. Good heavens, he's really being coaxed over with a few words, isn't he? In the end, he actually thinks he was in the wrong, doesn't he?

Indeed, the old saying is right: lust makes one lose their mind. The most outstanding and youngest Captain of the Pacification Bureau? The 'Smiling Yaksha' famous throughout the capital? Forget it, Ying Hong only saw a handsome young man being completely fooled by two stunning fox spirits!

It must be said, these two sisters were simply too flawless. People are afraid when genuine affection is exchanged for genuine affection. Deceiving him was real, but if anyone were to say that Luo Yongan and Luo Yongning didn't truly love Mo Yingqi, Ying Hong would be the first to rush over and fight that person to the death.

Not in love? They loved him like madwomen, the kind who devour people without spitting out the bones!

"Mm, Yingqi, it's good that you understand our painstaking efforts." Luo Yongan looked very pleased. "Hurry and eat, Yingqi. Aunt Ying Hong, go see if the bathwater is ready. After Yingqi eats, he can take a good bath. Sisters... will serve you, okay?"

"Cough, cough, cough, cough!"

Mo Yingqi was so startled by this sentence that he almost choked on his noodles. Ying Hong, hearing this, turned and left without thinking, and also instructed the maidservant waiting in the corridor: "Prepare hot water, the Prince Consort is going to bathe!"

Not Auntie, what are you shouting about? Mo Yingqi always felt that this wasn't some kind of secret signal or anything. Before he could react, Luo Yongning had already nestled into his arms: "Yingqi, be good. You've been fighting outside and you're all sweaty, right? It's nothing, it's nothing, be obedient. Sisters will definitely make Yingqi... become clean, okay?"

...or maybe sweat even more.

"Oh, then just wash again! By the way, Yingqi, after we get married, how about we take you to live in the manor outside the city?" Luo Yongan said, also moving closer to Mo Yingqi. "The scenery there is excellent, with fresh fruits and vegetables, all top-grade offerings sent to the Grand Palace, and there are hot springs there, you know?"

...The hot springs are the main point, right?

Mo Yingqi was almost speechless. How did these two sisters suddenly open their Ren and Du meridians and just wouldn't stop?

"Well, Sister Yongan, Sister Yongning, I think it's still necessary to, to rest appropriately..." Mo Yingqi no longer had the face to mention etiquette. What was the point of bringing that up now? He wasn't that kind of person anyway. "Besides, what if there's a child... ten months of pregnancy, right?"

The moment Luo Yongan and Luo Yongning heard 'child,' a hint of displeasure flashed in their eyes. Firstly, it would indeed be inconvenient, and most importantly, both sisters simultaneously had an incredible thought:

"What child? We don't need one! Yingqi has us, and that's enough!"